tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post3382810326053166..comments2017-08-17T23:20:18.444+01:00Comments on The Hermitage: The Devotions of WinterRima Staineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10044701472535300254noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-1653975419404768582013-01-29T03:19:08.903+00:002013-01-29T03:19:08.903+00:00Oh my goodness, this is exactly the way I see the ...Oh my goodness, this is exactly the way I see the people of your country, love your garland, lanterns, the way the pup looked, and to have an ancient stone circle in your backyard, (sort of)<br />wow! love your blog! Have a blessed Imbolc!victoriantailorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02291921392013456563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-43827594836376430232013-01-26T23:05:06.444+00:002013-01-26T23:05:06.444+00:00Hallo Lady R!
A happy and peaceful and creative an...Hallo Lady R!<br />A happy and peaceful and creative and healthy and loving new year in 2013 to you and yours.herhimnbrynhttp://www.notebokinmypocket.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-60851486631631594492013-01-26T17:24:36.291+00:002013-01-26T17:24:36.291+00:00So lovely to hear from you again, Rima. This post...So lovely to hear from you again, Rima. This post is full of &quot;the old magic&quot; and was a joy to step inside. Blessings to you in this time of gathering in.<br />xoxo,<br />pamela, and edward tooPamela Terry and Edwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746603636884819522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-9259286763922038352013-01-22T14:52:41.632+00:002013-01-22T14:52:41.632+00:00Dear Rima, thanks for sharing your story, your pai...Dear Rima, thanks for sharing your story, your paintings, pictures and the beautiful choir.<br />Love Carool.caroolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15389111973868704950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-9224078689838633902013-01-22T13:55:45.298+00:002013-01-22T13:55:45.298+00:00Dearest Rima,
I&#39;m glad you smelt Spring on t...Dearest Rima, <br /><br />I&#39;m glad you smelt Spring on the air...we are covered in snow here, in every way possible, but Spring will come again <br /><br />xxxxNomi McLeodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05387108964616639570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-46173268944782353582013-01-21T14:52:29.476+00:002013-01-21T14:52:29.476+00:00Thank you for sharing all these lovely things Rima...Thank you for sharing all these lovely things Rima; your blog is, as ever, a great pleasure to spend some time with. I hope your parents are better now; just your being with them will have helped.kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16852963693304001127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-59128073786762396522013-01-15T14:10:17.867+00:002013-01-15T14:10:17.867+00:00Thank you! Bendiciones. Andrea.Thank you! Bendiciones. Andrea.Andrea Bustelohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16634636897655801038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-20995106156410651862013-01-09T12:26:03.271+00:002013-01-09T12:26:03.271+00:00Happy New Year Rima! May you have a blessed and ha...Happy New Year Rima! May you have a blessed and happy year ahead. Your pictures and words are magical and really evoke the feeling of your festive period. Thank you for the music it is wonderful! <br />Gem<br />xGemma Mortlockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16764071270678882554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-29306303873781515042013-01-09T00:41:33.929+00:002013-01-09T00:41:33.929+00:00Bless you.Bless you.Admirer in Massachusettsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-72461776620129933252013-01-07T23:34:24.502+00:002013-01-07T23:34:24.502+00:00ohh i was gifted two Telling the Bees Albums at th...ohh i was gifted two Telling the Bees Albums at the Summer Solstice here in New Zealand. They are wonderful!!<br /><br />PollyPombagirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11077140273793332835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-56417360369513828472013-01-07T21:35:53.276+00:002013-01-07T21:35:53.276+00:00Finally, YouTube stopped crashing on me and, today...Finally, YouTube stopped crashing on me and, today, I could see the images and listen to the beautiful Orthodox chant.<br />I cried.<br />I have an old, old book that came from my mother&#39;s homeland. It has similar photos in it. The book was one of the very few possessions she had from &quot;the old country&quot;.<br />Vickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16023748614942747415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-8923474560663529832013-01-07T02:14:33.667+00:002013-01-07T02:14:33.667+00:00Dear Rima,
I am glad to hear that your parents are...Dear Rima,<br />I am glad to hear that your parents are better and that your Solstice was enchanted. The music at the end of your lovely post is another reminder to let music back into my life. It has been absent for so long, and I am not sure when it went wandering. Thank you for the inspiration.abetterjuliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18355327960522969685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-40838135061837873612013-01-07T01:51:47.461+00:002013-01-07T01:51:47.461+00:00Beautiful post Rima.
What a wonderful way to celeb...Beautiful post Rima.<br />What a wonderful way to celebrate the solstice. The atmosphere must have felt amazing.<br />Wishing you and Tom a bright, peaceful, fulfilling year.Vickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16023748614942747415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-89527465295919973052013-01-06T12:46:25.772+00:002013-01-06T12:46:25.772+00:00great post, thanks for sharing it with us. Music (...great post, thanks for sharing it with us. Music (and the translation on Wiki) is beautiful finishing touch artisjokkenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16295367786001366976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-3805062190259332732013-01-06T11:23:36.005+00:002013-01-06T11:23:36.005+00:00Beautiful post. This blog and the comments left by...Beautiful post. This blog and the comments left by its readers always restores my faith in humanity. I was away from the computer with a reasurred peace in my soul.<br /><br />&quot;I love the magic of winter - the snow and antlers, the fireside and bells and stories - but those things have almost been mass-produced into inanity and I am sad that children are being taught to clamour for plastic over wonder.&quot;<br /><br />Beautifully put!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-27783549298986643022013-01-06T06:10:45.494+00:002013-01-06T06:10:45.494+00:00Reading your blog is always a balm. Merriest of t...Reading your blog is always a balm. Merriest of the merry to you in this New Year.grackleandsunhttp://grackleandsun.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-44017459164838380832013-01-06T04:21:20.518+00:002013-01-06T04:21:20.518+00:00You live the type of Christmas season that I would...You live the type of Christmas season that I would like to have. Commercialized gifts are not what this season is about. The preparation and anticipation is definitely more appealing than the actual day itself. Nature is more uplifting than anything which can be found within the walls of a church or chapel. Take care of your parents. Life is so fleeting, and your memories of them will sustain you when they are gone. Lynnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-31719113912938629492013-01-06T00:13:53.635+00:002013-01-06T00:13:53.635+00:00What a pleasure to read this at the end of a long ...What a pleasure to read this at the end of a long wet day. Your posts always remind me of what is important in life. I hope this new year brings happiness and creative inspiration for you. Karen xKarenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15013633444737317002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-14283304165212423852013-01-05T23:04:26.523+00:002013-01-05T23:04:26.523+00:00something was missing this christmastide, i&#39;m ...something was missing this christmastide, i&#39;m not sure if having both children away (not unusual for me) or what, exactly it was. we got big snow and wintery weather. then i read your post and realized that something i did miss was that gathering of women around the table, with babes, and messiness and making things, and soup, this was absent. thank you rima, for taking me back to the days when i was a young mom, and being with friends. and remember that i need to work a bit to make the magic happen in middle age.Velma Bolyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12446502295849533888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-49010965522418169462013-01-05T21:26:18.463+00:002013-01-05T21:26:18.463+00:00Hi,
Beautiful post, the pictures of Mr. Robin are...Hi,<br /><br />Beautiful post, the pictures of Mr. Robin are so clear. <br />I always feel so peaceful after I read your postings, hoping yor parents are better - Blessings to you and yours for the New Year and 2013.<br />MauraMaurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12678294973808924197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-90231393076713750102013-01-05T20:46:18.991+00:002013-01-05T20:46:18.991+00:00Rima - Inspired observations as always. I&#39;ve ...Rima - Inspired observations as always. I&#39;ve been trying to think about how to change my formerly (though family) Christmas traditions into the Midwinter/Solstice traditions I&#39;d prefer to honor. The holidays extend into January with birthdays and Twelfth Night and then regular life picks up and . . . just when are we supposed to have down time and nurture ourselves?<br /><br />I shared some of your world with friends, with attribution to you and a link back to your blog. Please let me know if you&#39;d prefer I removed the post.<br /><br />-AmyAmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15390837030580881528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-73238196812973246782013-01-05T18:06:54.899+00:002013-01-05T18:06:54.899+00:00Fabulous ! I love the way you capture the very ess...Fabulous ! I love the way you capture the very essence of something so we can all feel its warmth and light. You have such a way with words, m&#39;dear !<br /><br />Hope 2013 brings you and Tom love, light and happiness in abundance. Much love from us three here xxxSnippety Gibletshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17930936252635422357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-73118206605270975612013-01-05T16:56:00.369+00:002013-01-05T16:56:00.369+00:00Always, I enjoy your posts. they seem as gifts. Y...Always, I enjoy your posts. they seem as gifts. Your sharing is meaningful. <br /><br />The solstice gathering brought tears to my eyes. Still in the country to see this is a blessing to me way across the water.<br /><br />Thank you for sharing word and photo.<br /><br />Wishing you a healthy happy meaningful prosperous creative New Year.the wild magnoliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14355836751549469688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-5930939937375357762013-01-05T16:55:12.350+00:002013-01-05T16:55:12.350+00:00Art and beauty just pour out of your writings and ...Art and beauty just pour out of your writings and pictures here. I get such a wonderful sense of how you live and create. Happiest of New Years to you and yours. <br />That is a very special bird..as are all bits of fire and red in winter :)Rebecca S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16409572371302109142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-29055584752342247012013-01-05T15:13:03.038+00:002013-01-05T15:13:03.038+00:00As always, a post of much beauty and joy and which...As always, a post of much beauty and joy and which sings of hope and renewal and kindred spirits. Reading this brought light to an otherwise dull day. Thank you x Hermit Witchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12815562084371644373noreply@blogger.com